{"product_id":"the-long-road-home-john-bailey-9798185282694","title":"The Long Road Home: A Novel of Duty, Redemption, and the Cost of Command","description":"Captain Julian Ashcombe makes the right military decision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHundreds die because of it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTasked with destroying a strategic railway bridge before enemy cavalry can break through, Julian gives the order that every competent officer would have given. Unknown to him, a damaged telegraph line has diverted a hospital train onto the bridge moments before the explosives are fired. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than two hundred innocent people perish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCourt-martialed, stripped of his commission, and sentenced to twenty years of hard labour, Julian refuses to blame fate, the enemy, or the chain of command. He accepts responsibility for the disaster and begins a punishment that seems certain to consume the rest of his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet redemption rarely arrives in dramatic moments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt comes in quiet acts of courage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn dangerous quarries, shattered rail lines, refugee columns, ruined villages, and among ordinary people struggling to survive a brutal war, Julian repeatedly chooses service over bitterness, duty over despair, and compassion over self-preservation. Every road he walks becomes another step toward answering a question that no court can decide: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan one terrible mistake define an entire life? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in the tradition of the great studio-era moral dramas, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Road Home\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful story of honor, accountability, sacrifice, and the quiet heroism of those who continue doing what is right long after hope seems lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy thoughtful military fiction, literary historical novels, and deeply human stories of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Bailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185282694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"John Bailey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174117974271,"sku":"9798185282694","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-road-home-john-bailey-9798185282694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}